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Fox Chapel volleyball hopes growth can snap playoff drought
Phil O’Keeffe is well into his second decade of coaching boys volleyball at Fox Chapel. So his calling the current group of Foxes the youngest team of his tenure is a significant statement. A batch of players that includes one senior, two juniors and more than a dozen sophomores and...
Deer Lakes, Kiski Area combine for five titles at Altoona Area Igloo Invitational
Athletes from Deer Lakes and Kiski Area represented the WPIAL on Saturday at the 43rd Altoona Area Igloo Invitational at Altoona’s Mansion Park stadium. The Cavaliers crowned three champions, while the Lancers came home with a pair of first-place finishes. Deer Lakes senior Josh Yourish, a state qualifier last year,...
A-K Valley look-ahead: Week of April 1, 2019
Monday Baseball: In the lone section game on the local schedule, Plum hosts Franklin Regional in Section 2-6A. The Mustangs (2-3, 0-0) began the year in Florida before dropping a pair of one-run decisions last week. Franklin Regional is making its season debut. • Apollo-Ridge and Highlands are looking to...
Trib HSSN announces PIHL Players, Goalies, Coaches of the Year
With the conclusion of the 2018-19 PIHL season, it’s time to look back at the stellar individual performances across the four classifications. Last week during the final PIHL Power Play Show, the TribLive High School Sports Network unveiled its picks for Player, Goalie and Coach of the Year in each...
Pine-Richland’s Dan Petcash commits to Binghamton
Pine-Richland’s Dan Petcash, one of the WPIAL’s top seniors, committed Sunday to Binghamton. He announced his decision in Twitter. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 22 points this season for the Rams, who went 22-4 and reached the WPIAL semifinals and the PIAA second round. Proud to announce my commitment to Binghamton...
Bethel Park’s Maddie Dziezgowski commits to St. Bonaventure
Bethel Park junior Maddie Dziezgowski, who helped the Black Hawks reach the WPIAL girls basketball semifinals, announced her commitment Saturday to St. Bonaventure. The 5-foot-11 guard/forward averaged 14 points for Bethel Park, which went 22-4 overall with all four losses coming to eventual PIAA Class 6A champion Peters Township. The...
Aliquippa’s Zuriah Fisher becomes 2nd WPIAL junior with Penn State offerVideo
Aliquippa’s Zuriah Fisher became the second WPIAL junior with a Penn State football offer when the Nittany Lions joined his scholarship list Saturday. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound linebacker announced his offer on Twitter. He joins Mars lineman Michael Carmody as the only WPIAL recruits in the 2020 class with a Penn...
High school scores, schedules for March 30, 2019
High Schools Baseball Saturday’s results Ripken Experience In Myrtle Beach Albert Gallatin 9, Valley 5 Campbellsville 15, Valley 0 South Park 9, Sullivan North (Tenn.) 1 WPIAL Nonsection Canon-McMillan 9, Montour 6 Central Catholic 7, Hempfield 4 Greensburg Central Catholic at Chartiers-Houston, ppd. Keystone Oaks 11, Carlynton 0, 5 inn....
High school roundup for March 30, 2019: Canon-McMillan drops Montour
At Wild Things Park, Noah Burke went 2 for 2 with two RBIs as the Canon-McMillan baseball team (3-2) scored five runs in the third inning and held on to beat Montour, 9-6, in nonsection play. Alex Gregory and Austin Able each added two RBIs in the win. Jon Tokarczyk...
WPIAL baseball rankings for week of March 30, 2019
Rankings Class 6A Rk, Team, W-L, Last 1. Seneca Valley, 4-0, 4 2. Hempfield, 4-0, 5 3. Central Catholic, 4-1, — 4. Bethel Park, 2-1, 3 5. Pine-Richland, 3-2, 2 Out: Canon-McMillan (2-2, 1) Class 5A 1. Mars, 4-0, 1 2. South Fayette, 1-0, 2 3. West Allegheny, 3-0, 3...
WPIAL softball rankings for week of March 30, 2019
Rankings Softball Class 6A Team, record, previous 1. Seneca Valley, 5-0, 2 2. Canon-McMillan, 3-1, 5 3. North Allegheny, 2-0, — 4. Hempfield, 1-2, 1 5. Norwin, 2-1, 3 Out: Baldwin (3-1, 4) Class 5A 1. West Allegheny, 2-0, 1 2. Latrobe, 4-0, 2 3. Penn-Trafford, 2-0, 4 4. Trinity,...
Canon-McMillan’s Gerrit Nijenhuis named Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Year
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Year Gerrit Nijenhuis, Canon-McMillan, junior, 170 pounds When Gerrit Nijenhuis returned home to Canonsburg after winning the PIAA Class AAA 170-pound title, he was greeted by a parade. It was the culmination of a season of hard work. The Canon-McMillan junior struggled a little with...
Kiski Area’s Darren Miller named Valley News Dispatch Wrestler of the Year
Darren Miller grew up admiring Matt McCutcheon’s wrestling accomplishments at Kiski Area. He’ll graduate after matching and breaking some of those achievements. Miller had a season for the Kiski Area record books, beating Franklin Regional’s Colton Camacho by a one-point decision in the 126-pound PIAA Class AAA championship match in...
Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer named Westmoreland Tribune-Review Wrestler of the YearVideo
When Dayton Pitzer began his freshman season at Mt. Pleasant, his goal was to stand on the podium at the PIAA championships in Hershey. That goal changed as the season progressed. After he defeated some of the area’s top-ranked wrestlers, Pitzer knew he was capable of winning a state title...
High school scores, schedules for March 29, 2019
High Schools Baseball Friday’s results Ripken Experience In Myrtle Beach Hopewell 4, Berkshire (Ohio) 3 South Park 5, Morgan County (Ky.) 3 WPIAL Nonsection Bethel Park 13, Latrobe 3 (6 inn.) Brownsville 8, Charleroi 7 Butler 11, Armstrong 8 Carmichaels 15, Jefferson-Morgan 0 (4 inn.) Connellsville 6, Gateway 4 DuBois...
High school roundup for March 29, 2019: North Allegheny edges Shaler
Ryan Dougherty scored on a wild pitch to give North Allegheny a 2-1 walk-off victory over Shaler in a nonsection game Friday. Daugherty finished 2 for 2 with two doubles. Shane Murphy was 2 for 3 with two doubles, and Anthony Hattrup had an RBI for the Tigers (2-2). Zach...
A-K Valley high school notebook: Cappa throws her way into Riverview record book
Alyssa Cappa went after Riverview’s strikeout record during one of her handful of pitching appearances last season. Actually getting the mark came down to not trying for it. Cappa, a junior, tied Jen Kumar’s school record for strikeouts in a game by fanning 17 Valley batters in a 10-7 victory...
Former Elizabeth Forward basketball standout Tre Mitchell commits to UMass
Former Elizabeth Forward basketball standout Tre Mitchell, who left the WPIAL for a prep school in Connecticut, committed to Massachusetts on Friday. Mitchell revealed his decision on Twitter. The 6-foot-9, 230-pound center transferred to Woodstock Academy in 2017 after playing two seasons at Elizabeth Forward. He quickly became that state’s...
Gateway boys lacrosse seeking program’s 1st playoff victory
The Gateway varsity boys lacrosse team is an experienced group. Eighteen seniors out of 22 players on the roster speak to that. “We’re basically in win-now mode,” defender and team co-captain Nick Alexander said. “We’re hoping to get back to the playoffs and make history with a win and go...
TJ girls basketball revels in historic season
March Madness for Thomas Jefferson meant a trip to the WPIAL girls basketball finals and historic run to the PIAA semifinals. It was the first time the team went that deep into the state playoffs. The Jaguars finished 22-8 overall, which included 3-1 records in the WPIAL and PIAA tournaments....
Thomas Jefferson baseball starts fresh with new coach
First-year coach Tim Vickers and his staff are looking to turn around the fortunes of the Thomas Jefferson baseball program. TJ finished 6-14 last season, coming in sixth place in Section 3-5A. The Jaguars are hoping to rebound behind four returning starters. “We have been working on every single facet...
Brentwood softball team rebuilding on fly with 10 freshmen
Brentwood will field one of the younger high school softball teams in Western Pennsylvania this season. The Spartans have 10 freshmen and one first-year sophomore looking to fill the gaps made by the graduation of four seniors from last year’s playoff squad. “Our team is very young but very eager,”...
Baldwin inline hockey team wins back-to-back titles
Back-to-back. It has a nice ring. It’s what the Baldwin inline hockey team rung up in 2018-19. Baldwin won its second consecutive Pennsylvania Interscholastic Roller Hockey League HS2 title recently, defeating Pine-Richland, 2-1, in a three-game championship series. The Highlanders won Game 1 6-2, dropped the second game 2-0 and...
Quaker Valley track teams boast returning pedigree
Trios of veterans lead the Quaker Valley track teams. Quaker Valley coach Jerry Veshio expects strong performances from three boys and three girls who competed at the WPIAL Class AA championship meet last season. The girls squad features one of the top distance runners in the state. Junior Annie Wicker...
QV, Sewickley Academy softball expecting to improve
With a wealth of returning starters, the Quaker Valley and Sewickley Academy softball teams expect to improve. That’s also where their similarities end. Sewickley Academy advanced to the second round of the WPIAL playoffs in 2018, and Quaker Valley went winless. Sewickley Academy coach Win Palmer said a little bit...
